Officers

Jaylen Bledsoe
Board chair

CEO; The Bledsoe COllective

Jackie Wellington
Vice Chair

Managing Partner; CED-Solutions

Kristin Poole
Treasurer

Senior VP, Wealth Advisor; Krilogy Financial

Laura Giokas
Secretary

Partner & General Counsel; Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Trustees

Je'Von Adams-Walker
Trustee

Product Planning; Nike

AMy Berg
Trustee

Community Leader & Volunteer

Marnae Chavers
Trustee

Chief of Staff; Kairos Academies; Entrepreneur; Serenity Wellness Company

Charla Claypool
Trustee

Partner; Lewis Rice

Kate Donaldson
Trustee

Deputy Director; St. Louis County Department of Public Health

Donald G. Etling
Trustee

Senior VP & Senior Partner; Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.

Justin Faerber
Trustee

VP of Sales; World Wide Technology

Javier Gonzalez
Trustee

VP, Operations & Supply Chain; Emerson Fluid Motion Control Americas

Lee C. Kling
Trustee

President; The Kling Company, LLC

Jenny Lenhard
Trustee

President; Americas & Industrial Automation for Fluid & Motion Control; Emerson Automation

Kyle Lopez
Trustee

Community Leader & Volunteer

Shertina Mawuenyega
Trustee

Vice President of Data Governance Leader, Synchrony Financial

John McHugh
Trustee

Community Leader & Volunteer

Dee Mogerman
Trustee

Community Leader & Volunteer

David L. Morley
Trustee

Community Leader & Volunteer

Debbie Rahn
Trustee

Vice President Trust Advisor; Regions Private Wealth Management

John S. Sandberg
Trustee

Senior Counsel; Sandberg Phoenix

CAROLYN SEWARD
Trustee

Founder and CEO; Family and Workforce Centers in America

Florian Sichling
Trustee

Assistant Professor; University of Missouri – St. Louis

Kelvin Taylor
Trustee

Managing Partner Rising Analytics & CIO; Midwest BankCentre

Harvey Wallace
Trustee

Partner; Arminino, LLP

Katie Yursky
Trustee

Fighters Deputy PM & PIO Director; Boeing

Allison Williams
President & CEO

Honorary & Emeritus Trustees

Warner L. BaxterPresident and CEO; Ameren Corporation
Frank C. Bick*Chairman; Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. Louis
Ginger Crooks Tax Professional; Ginger Crooks, EA and Associates, Inc.
Sidney H. Guller*Chairman; Essex Industries, Inc.
S. Lee Kling*Chairman; The Kling Company
Carolyn LososCommunity Volunteer
Alva Moog*Owner; Serta Mattress Company-St. Louis
James A. Saitz Vice-Chairman; Southwest Bank (Retired)
Ray A. Scholin* Chairman; Scholin Brothers Printing Company
Curtis SimicPresident Emeritus; Indiana University Foundation
Peter A. SmithVice President of Global Franchising; Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
Kenneth B. Steinback*Chairman and CEO; CSI Leasing, Inc.
Bill Voss – Owner, Bill Voss American Family Insurance (Retired)
W. Jack Wichmann*Director of Compliance; Stifel Nicolaus and Co. (Retired)
Isaac E. Young*Attorney

*Denotes the individual is deceased.